Re:Hidden Italy: The Forbidden Cyclopean Ruins (2013)
by orm on Saturday April 02, 2022 @10:36AM
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Megalithic seems more fitting than cyclopean to me.
Re:Hidden Italy: The Forbidden Cyclopean Ruins (2013)
by Ancapistani on Sunday April 03, 2022 @12:47PM
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I’ve seen “cyclopean” (lower case) used to mean “huge” in fiction a few times, especially in fiction set in the past.
Interestingly, this dictionary lists three meanings of the word: https://www.thefreedictionary.com/cyclopean
The first is “referring to a Cyclops”. The second is “huge”. The third is in reference to these types of (megalithic) ruins.
I wonder if the first meaning is the original one, and the others evolved from that meaning as our understanding of human history changed.
But fascinating nonetheless.
[1] https://scholar.google.com/scholar?hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C5&q=mega...